Good health starts from the centre of the back

The centre of the back is so important because is where your nervous system connects to all the parts of your body. Treating the center of the back means treating all the peripheral parts of the body too.

The centre of the back is a critical passageway between the brain and the rest of the body. It contains the nervous system, which controls physical movement and relays sensory information.

Tightness or tenderness in the back can greatly compromise this transmission, leading to a range of physical symptoms or delayed recovery from injury.

The centre of the back is a critical passageway between the brain and the rest of the body. It contains the nervous system, which controls physical movement and relays sensory information.

Tightness or tenderness in the back can greatly compromise this transmission, leading to a range of physical symptoms or delayed recovery from injury.

                                       A combination of therapist-driven cervical manipulation and mobilization with cervico-scapular strengthening was most effective for decreasing pain outcomes

Systematic review, Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy
Conservative physical therapy management for the treatment of cervicogenic headache: a systematic review

Know your cues

Common physical symptoms that can be associated with a bad back

NECK

Neck pain, headache, brain fog, facial numbness, pins and needles, numbness in hands

UPPER BACK

Difficulty with deep breathing, frozen shoulders, shoulder blade pain

LOWER BACK

Sciatica, tight hamstrings, calves, pins and needles, numbness in legs, injury-prone knees and ankles

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Watch our physio founder Chongsu demonstrate his favourite stretches, outdoors, come rain or shine.
Plus check out our wellbeing at home ‘hacks’.

Easy, fast & fun stretches you can do to:

  • Free a stiff neck, shoulder or back muscle
  • Strengthen your leg muscles to prevent knee pain
  • Loosen muscles you’ve probably never heard of but which really matter, like the Piriformis
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